Edward Heppenstall

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Edward Heppenstall (1901 England – 1994) was a leading Bible scholar and theologian of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. A 1985 questionnaire of North American Adventist lecturers revealed Heppenstall was the Adventist writer who had most influenced them.^[1]

Contents 1 Biography 2 Publications 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Biography

Heppenstall was born in England, however most of his ministry was in the United States.

He was professor of theology at La Sierra College (now La Sierra University). He was chairman of the systematic theology department at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University. He was also professor of theology at Loma Linda University.

His presentations on the law and covenants at the 1952 Bible Conference were highly influential upon the theology of the church.

During the 1970s, controversial Australian figure Robert Brinsmead tried to convince Heppenstall and Desmond Ford to write a refutation of the traditional understanding of the investigative judgment, however they refused.^[2]

Heppenstall was responsible for a shift in the understanding of the church's "investigative judgment" teaching.

[edit] Publications

• 1972 Our High Priest: Jesus Christ in the Heavenly Sanctuary
• 1974 Salvation Unlimited: Perspectives in Righteousness by Faith
• 1975 In Touch With God
• 1977 The Man Who is God: a Study of the Person and Nature of Jesus, Son of God and Son of Man

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

• In Touch With God: A Daily Devotional by Heppenstall
• "The Christology of Edward Heppenstall", chapter 4 in Webster, Claude (1984). Crosscurrents in Adventist Christology. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. ISBN 0-8204-0157-9.  Reprinted with permission by Andrews University Press. Berrien Springs, MI (February 1992)
• Register of the Edward Heppenstall Papers from the Adventist Heritage Center at Andrews University (includes a brief biography)
• Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index (SDAPI) search for articles by Heppenstall

[edit] References

1. ^ Malcolm Bull and Keith Lockhart (October 1987). "The Intellectual World of Adventist Theologians" (PDF). Spectrum 18 (1): 32–37. Roseville, California: Adventist Forums. ISSN 0890-0264. 
2. ^ Where is Robert Brinsmead? by Larry Pahl; Adventist Today 7:3 (May/June 1999)